Why I want Governor Ortom impeached - Tsav

Written By Idoma Television on Tuesday, July 12, 2016 | 2:34:00 AM

FEDERAL commissioner of Public Complaints Commission in Benue State,
Alhaji Abubakar Tsav, has stated that a petition containing money
laundering allegation against Governor Samuel Ortom to the tune of
N2.4billion was forwarded from his office to the headquarters and
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), Abuja for proper
investigation.Tsav disclosed this to our correspondent who probed the allegation
that had been making the rounds in the state in which the governor
accused the former commissioner of police of inciting the public against
him.

According to Tsav, “as a commissioner of Public Complaints Commission
in Benue, I receive a lot of complaints about the activities of people
both in government and private sectors; when this petition got to my
office and I discovered that it is very weighty, what I did was to
forward it to our headquarters in Abuja and also EFCC office for further
investigation.”The sum of N2.4 billion, according to the report was alleged to have
been paid into a federal lawmaker’s account on behalf of the governor to
launder for him.

The governor and the lawmaker at separate fora had denied such
allegation, with the governor accusing Tsav of inciting people against
him, while the federal lawmaker representing Ukum/Katsina Ala/Logo
federal constituency, Honourable Emmanuel Udende, told our correspondent
on phone that “it was a blatant lie,” adding that he would find time to
address the media on the issue.

Governor Ortom at the meeting with dissolved council chairmen and
Director General Service and Administration (DGSA) from the 23 local
government areas of the state last week said, “I learnt that the old
man, Tsav, was the one who reported me to EFCC that I diverted N2.4
billion through someone. This came to me as a surprise, if not that the
man is an old man; I would have said he is a useless old man.”

All efforts to get the House of Representatives member, Emmanuel
Udende during the Sallah holiday were futile but he later sent a message
to our correspondent saying: “my brother, I have an emergency and had
travelled out of the country.”

Tsav noted that despite the fact that the immunity of the governor
may prevent him from being arrested, there was hope that the anti graft
commission would investigate the matter, adding that “others involved
will surely be investigated and if possible arrested soon.

“I expected him to pray thus, ‘forgive me my sin, put me on the right
path and grant me wisdom to rule over the people.’ This is better,
rather than dramatising the whole situation,” he said.

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